Data for 2005

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2005

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2005
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2005, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2005 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.883; Somalia is lowest, at 0.043. The middle country reads 0.326. Against 2004, 129 values changed (79 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2005

HighestDenmark

0.883

LowestSomalia

0.043

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

175countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
157distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2005, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2005: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.883
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.867
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.855
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.835
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.823
=6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.817
=6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.817
8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.810
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.809
10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.806
=11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.803
=11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.803
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.799
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.796
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.789
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.783
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.781
=18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.779
=18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.779
20	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.778
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.772
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.771
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.765
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.761
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.760
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.758
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.743
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.735
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.733
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.702
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.700
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.690
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.689
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.683
35	United States`USA`Northern America	0.675
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.673
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.670
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.654
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.638
=40	Chile`CHL`South America	0.634
=40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.634
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.627
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.625
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.622
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.610
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.591
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.569
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.565
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.553
50	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.532
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.529
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.527
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.515
54	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.498
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.492
56	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.488
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.483
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.482
59	Peru`PER`South America	0.481
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.479
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.476
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.471
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.463
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.462
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.458
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.451
=67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.447
=67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.447
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.438
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.437
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.419
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.407
73	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.403
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.402
75	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.392
=76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.367
=76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.367
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.365
79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.354
80	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.351
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.347
82	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.344
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.342
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.339
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.335
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.334
=87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.326
=87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.326
89	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.324
90	Colombia`COL`South America	0.317
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.315
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.313
93	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.312
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.311
95	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.302
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.301
=97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.297
=97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.297
99	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.295
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.290
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.283
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.276
103	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.273
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.269
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.265
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.264
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.257
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.255
109	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.249
110	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.241
=111	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.240
=111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.240
113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.237
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.236
=115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.235
=115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.235
=115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.235
118	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.232
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.230
120	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.229
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.226
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.225
123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.217
124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.207
125	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.202
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.201
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.199
128	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.198
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.197
=130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.196
=130	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.196
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.195
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.184
134	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.182
=135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.181
=135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.181
=135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.181
138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.179
139	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.170
140	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.169
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.168
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.167
143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.163
=144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.162
=144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.162
=144	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.162
147	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.154
148	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.149
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.147
150	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.139
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.137
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.133
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.131
154	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.126
155	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.118
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.117
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.112
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.108
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.106
161	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.105
=162	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.104
=162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.104
=164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.099
=164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.099
166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.093
167	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.089
168	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.087
170	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.084
171	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.076
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.071
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.067
174	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.061
175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.043

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.883
2Sweden0.867
3Norway0.855
4Germany0.835
5Belgium0.823

Lowest

175Somalia0.043
174Angola0.061
173Sudan0.067
172Myanmar0.071
171Eswatini0.076

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.326. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 175 in both
79 · 50rose · fell
46unchanged

Rose most

Maldives0.162 → 0.235+0.073
Benin0.440 → 0.483+0.043
Afghanistan0.147 → 0.181+0.034
Uruguay0.749 → 0.778+0.029
Ukraine0.298 → 0.326+0.028

Fell most

Sri Lanka0.338 → 0.297−0.041
Moldova0.369 → 0.334−0.035
Bolivia0.489 → 0.462−0.027
Türkiye0.483 → 0.458−0.025
Solomon Islands0.321 → 0.302−0.019

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.
157 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.235. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2005). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2005

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